Baling-press



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

P. K. DEDERIOK.

BALING PRESS.

Patented June 1,1897.

lllll UNITED STATES PATENT QEErcE.

PETER K. DEDERICK, OF LOUDONVILLE, NEW YORK.

BALING-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 583,460, dated June 1,1897.

Application filed May 12, 1894. Serial No. 511,062. (No model.)

.To-wZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PETER K. DEDERIOK, of Loudonville, county of Albany,State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Baling-Presses,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings. 1

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved press. Fig. 2 is a similarview furtherillustratingtheoperating devices. Figs. 3 and 4 aresectional views.

Similar letters represent similar parts.

The frame or case of the press may be constructed in any suitable manneror as shown and any suitable power may be employed.

I have shown a pair of toggle-joints composed of levers A, connectedtogether, and arms 13, of which there are two to each lever. These armsrest on timbers at the base of the press, as shown, and the upper endsof the leversAare pivoted to the follower 0. Hope or chain is applied tothe lower end of the lever in the ordinary manner to move the power upand down. Instead of these levers being connected together and movingthe same way they might move in opposite directions, so that one movesout at each end of the press-box, either method and all of the powerdevices described being well known.

In all of such presses the end of the box must be cut away to allow thebracing-arms B to vibrate into the press, thus leaving a large openingthrough which the loose material to be baled projects in filling thebox, thus resulting in rough-end bales and greater strain on themachine. By reference to the drawings it will be seen that I obviate allthis by means of hinging the ends or parts of the ends of the boxinstead of cutting them away, so that the arms move them inward, D Dbeing parts 01": the end hinged at E. Instead of hinging, the ends mightbe constructed to slide inward, or be made of material to spring inwardout of the way of the arms B with same effect.

The top of my press is composed of hinged drop-doors F F F F to adapt itto baling cotton so that access may be had to the bale at all sides forcovering and bindingit. These four drop-doors have no other support thanbeing secured together by the hooks II at each corner of the box, asthere are no posts,

and the head K is supported in position solely by the rods at the fourcorners of the press, the rods L L being hinged'to the side of the headand to the side corners of the press, so as to carry the head up and offto the side of the press when removed to fill the box, and when placedin position over the press it is secured by the yoke M, which is alsohinged at the corners of the press, so as to swing over and off the headK.

The operation is similar to all box-presses. The head K being removed,part of the balecovering is put on the follower. The box is then filledwith cotton, the hinged ends D preventing the cotton from projectingfrom the boX. Part of the covering is now put on the top, and the headis then adjusted, the over and upward movement of the head avoidingdisplacement of the sacking, and the power is then applied, the hingedends moving inward to admit the arms B. The bale being pressed, thedoors at the top are released and all dropped down and the bale coveredand bound, the bale released and removed, when the press is ready foranother operation.

Having thus fully described myinventiou, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. In a baling-press of the vertical type the combinationwith the press-case, the traverser, the power-lever pivotally connectedwith the traverser and the arms pivotally connected to and forming withthe lever a toggle, the joint whereof works through the side of thepress, of an inwardly-movable door forming a portion of the side of thepress and extending down beside the lever and adapted to retreat inwardin front of the joint of the toggle, whereby but a very narrow slot isleft when the power is lowered, with means for maintaining the traversersubstantially horizontal; substantially as described.

2. In a baling-press of the vertical type, the combination with thepress-case, the traverser, the power-lever pivotally connected with thetraverser and the arms pivotally connected to and forming with the levera toggle the joint whereof works through the side of the press, of aninwardly-movable door forminga portion of one side of the presscase andextending down beside the lever and adapted to retreat inwardly in frontof the joint of the toggle, and a stop for arresting the outwardmovement of the door, with means for maintaining the traversersubstantially horizontal; substantially as described.

3. In a baling-press of ,the vertical type, the combination with thepress-case, the traverser, the power-lever pivotally connected with thetraverser and the arms pivotally connected to and forming with the levera toggle the joint whereof Works through the side of the press, of adoor hinged at the upper end toswing inward and extending down besidethe lever. into the path of travel of the joint of the toggle, wherebyasthe said joint I 5 advances the door will move inward and a stop forarresting the outward movement of the door in the plane of the side ofthe press, with means for maintaining the traverser substantiallyhorizontal; substantially as de- 20 scribed.

PETER K. DEDERICK.

lVi tn esses R. J. VAN SCHOONHOVEN, F. X. CLEMENT.

